Salvator RosaItalian, 1615–1673Figures by a Rocky Pool
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1975.16
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Salvator Rosa
The whole life1650s
Scandal over the "Allegory of Fortune"
The painting Allegory of Fortune provoked a storm of indignation among the religious and secular authorities, who saw in it a satire on themselves; Rosa came close to arrest and published a text offering innocuous interpretations of its imagery.
c. 1672
Illness: Dropsy
While working on a series of satirical portraits, he fell ill with dropsy and died six months later.
1673
Married: Lucrezia Paolini
4 March 1673
Marriage to Lucrezia Paolini
At the end of his life, sensing the approach of death, he married Lucrezia Paolini, his companion of many years; he died less than two weeks later.
15 March 1673
Died
